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Fernando Alonso: Indy 500 qualifying preparations going well

Fernando Alonso is confident he will be in good shape for qualifying and the race at the Indianapolis 500 after the second day of practice. Spain's two-time Formula 1 champion spent Tuesday's test learning about his car's behaviour in traffic on the 220mph+ superspeedway. "We keep experimenting on set-up and on running in traffic," Alonso said. "We didn't put everything together - it's not time to. But I think we will arrive OK to qualifying and the race." The 35-year-old McLaren driver, who is missing the Monaco Grand Prix to compete at Indy on 28 May, completed 117 laps on Tuesday and was 24th fastest out of 33 runners with an average speed of 221.029mph. The fastest...
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